10.3% ▼ -37.4%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coen · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Coen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Significant shifts in daily roles have occurred in Coen since 2011, most notably a sharp rise in people caring for children. While child care roles have grown, a smaller share of the community now spends their time volunteering. These changes highlight a local shift toward family-focused unpaid work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped since 2011, with only 10.3% of people now volunteering. This is well below the 14.1% figure seen across Queensland and Australia, and it is much lower than in most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 34.8% of people provide unpaid child care, which is well above the national figure and has risen 15 points since 2011. Conversely, those doing over 15 hours of housework fell to 7.4%, a rate far below the 20.7% seen across Australia.
12.7% ▲ +30.3%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.8% ▲ +78.0%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
7.4% ▼ -58.1%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
Defence service is less common here than in most areas, with 2.5% of residents having served. This is a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9% and about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
2.5%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Coen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322029/coen/topic/community